Mechanical toy



(No Model.)

B. H. RIOKER.

MECHANICAL TOY. A No. 800,800. PatentedJ-une 24.1884.

\A/ITNEESEE: I Fig 2- INVENTUR UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN II: RIOKER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MECHANICAL TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,800, dated June 24, 1884.

' Application filed April 4, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REUBEN H. RIcKER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Toys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of mechanical toys in which the rolling of the truckframe along the floor will give motion to toy images connected thereto, the object being to supply a harmless and amusing toy for children. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation showing the toy images in one position. In this drawing one of the truck-wheels is omitted, so as to more closely exhibit the mechanical parts. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation showing the images in different positions from those of Fig. 1. One gig-wheel is also omitted in this drawing; and Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating the mechanical movements.

In the drawings, Figs. 1 and 2, let A A represent the gig-frame, and B one of the wheels. The other wheel-that is, the one that would be in the foreground in the pictureis left off, so as to more clearly show the mechanism.

B is the axle, which is affixed to the wheel so as to revolve with it. This axle is secured to the gig-frame by the braces B B Fig. 1, and is provided with a crank, B. To this crank B all of the operating-links are attached.

D in Figs. 1 and 2 is intended to represent the image of the driver, the body of which is secured to the seat'C. Its coat-tails E are con nected by a link, E, to the crank B, so that as the wheels revolve the coat-tails seem to fly in the air. The right arm, D",of the image is connected with its cap D, and is operated by a link, D, and an eyebolt, (1, so that this right arm will also partake of the motion of the crank B".

D represents the foot of the image, connected by a link, D, to the crank B*, so that they will move with the crank.

My device for giving motion to the legs of the image of the horse may be set forth as fol lows: I attach to the cross-bar A of the gigframe a whiffletree, F, one end of said whiffietree being connected to crank 13*, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, this end of said whiffletree being operated by the crank B" and the link F, Figs. 2

I and 3, so that as the axle revolves the whiffletree will oscillate. As the ends of this whiffletree F are attached by links K I to the gambrels L K of the horse, they partake of the motion of the'crank.

The mechanism for operating the fore legs of the horse I will now proceed to describe. The rear legs, L and K, are pivoted, respectively, at L and K, Fig. 1, and project above these pivots, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The upward projection of the rear leg, L, has at its apex a staple, N, which is connected by a link, N, to a staple, 7c, affixed to a similar projection of the opposite front leg, L,while the upward projection of theleg .K has a staple, M, which is connected by a link, M, to the staple l at the apex of theprojection of the front leg, L. By this arrangement of connecting the rear and front legs, it will be seen that the motion given to the legs resembles the motion of trotting.

To support the body of the horse, I have a post, H, Figs. 1 and 2, connected to it, and

within a slot made in this postl place awheel, H having a pivot at h. This wheel H runs from the floor and suspends thehorse in such a position that its legs will freely move.

I claim 1. In a mechanical toy, the combination of I the gig-frame A A,wheel B, crank-axle B 13*,

links E D D, whereby the several partsviz.,

coat-tails E, right arm, D and foot D of image Dare all operated substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the crank-shaft B B and link F whiffietree F, links K IF, and

the links D M, whereby the fore legs of the image representing the horse are made to operate substantially as described, and forthe WILLIAM EDSON. 

